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| Charlotte's Quilt |
Last year I was invited to the Carletonville Quilters regional meeting for a 'show and tell' and during that visit I volunteered to free motion quilt 'Charlotte's Quilt' for the husband of a lady who had passed away.
It was my very first volunteer project AND my first experience quilting for someone else. It was a true honor and I loved to work on that quilt. I had hoped that once others would see it, that they would call on me again to FMQ their quilts for them. To see a lot of close up pictures of Charlotte's Quilt, click HERE.
Soon after they had shown that quilt during their next meeting, Heather contacted me saying she loved what I had quilted and that she had a little quilt she wanted me to free motion quilt for her.
I was so excited! A few things came up that prevented me from starting right away but a couple of weeks ago, I finally got the quilt and I started right away. Here is Heather's beautiful disappearing nine patch quilt. I loved her fabric choices! It screamed Look At Me!!!
She gave me some guidelines of what she wanted me to quilt, but in the end I made a few suggestions and from there I had free reign and quilted what I thought best.
I kept to the leafy designs she initially suggested within the sashing and borders and extend that design within the block with a custom motif that I think ties in well with the rest of the quilt.
She chose not to see any progress pictures, so I was rather nervous after I was done if she would like it, but when she phoned me after getting her quilt she was over the moon and completely happy with what I have quilted. Happy happy day!!
I offered to do everything from the basting right through to the binding, and I am so glad I did! This way I had the chance of seeing the quilt completed.
Note to Heather, thank you so much for allowing me to work on your quilt, I had a lot of fun! Your quilt is truly beautiful and loved every second I spent quilting it. I look forward to quilting for you again!
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Was thinking about you the other day and I think the same day you posted about your computer...great to see you back. This quilt is very pretty indeed and I think your FMQ really enhances the look of it.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice thing to do - and what a lovely quilt you helped make! Very nice work...she must have been thrilled!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job, Marelize! Quilting makes the quilt.
ReplyDeleteYour quilting is lovely and really complements those gorgeous KF fabrics.
ReplyDeleteA disappearing 9 patch block is on my to do list of blocks I want to try to make. I love how the quilt looks.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful!
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